Afghanistan feels impact of Iran’s economic isolationAbdul Saboor escaped poverty and instability in Afghanistan three years ago with his wife and three children and found work in neighboring Iran. Now he has returned home, despite the fact that life th...
Sri Lanka Catholic churches closedAll of Sri Lanka’s Catholic churches have been ordered to stay closed and suspend services until security improves after deadly Easter bombings, a senior priest said Thursday. “On the advice of the se...
US measles cases highest since 2000 as global anti-vax movement surgesThe US recorded 695 cases of measles in 2019, the most of any year since the disease was declared eliminated at the turn of the century, officials said Wednesday, ahead of a campaign to reinforce the...
Kim, Putin vow to seek closer ties at first talksRussia's Vladimir Putin and North Korea's Kim Jong Un met face-to-face for the first time on Thursday, vowing to seek closer ties as they look to counter US influence. The summit in Russia's Far Easte...
Pompeo expects North Korea diplomacy to be ‘bumpy’US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday he expected "bumpy" talks ahead with North Korea but that he still hoped to reach a potentially landmark denuclearization deal. US President Donald Tru...
Grassed up: Facebook leads Myanmar police to weed-growing AmericansMyanmar police have arrested one American and two locals after photos on Facebook led them to a huge plantation of towering marijuana plants near Mandalay. Pictures of the fields of weed started circu...
Taliban kill 9 in police convoy ambushAn Afghan official says the Taliban ambushed a security convoy, killing nine policemen in western Farah province. Abdul Samad Salehi, a provincial councilman, says the convoy was heading to defuse a r...
Texas executes avowed racist for hate crimeAn avowed racist who orchestrated one of the most gruesome hate crimes in US history was executed Wednesday in Texas for the dragging death of a black man. John William King, who was white, received l...
Far-right Vox wants to shake up Spain’s electionOn the distant margins of politics until it burst onto the scene in southern Spain, far-right party Vox hopes lingering discontent will help it score big in Sunday's general election. For a long time,...
US House panel chair accuses Trump of ‘massive’ obstruction; Trump vows to fightThe Democratic chairman of the US House Oversight Committee on Wednesday accused President Donald Trump of a “unprecedented, and growing pattern of obstruction” after he ordered federal employees not...
Pioneering Uruguay set to begin exporting medical marijuanaAlready the first country in the world to legalize recreational use of marijuana, Uruguay now aims to go further by becoming the first in Latin America to export it for medicinal purposes. It's taken...
Millions of children miss measles shots, creating outbreaks — UNICEFMore than 20 million children a year missed out on measles vaccines across the world in the past eight years, laying a path of exposure to a virus that is now causing disease outbreaks globally, a Uni...
Former US VP Biden announces 2020 run for White HouseFormer US Vice President Joe Biden jumped into the race for the White House Thursday, positioning the veteran Democrat as a frontrunner among the many candidates seeking to challenge Donald Trump in 2...
Fifty arrested in Solomons election riotsSolomon Islands police were maintaining an uneasy calm in the capital Honiara Thursday, a day after more than 50 people were arrested in riots following the contested election of prime minister Manass...
Thousands of Iraqi families bear the burden of Daesh legacyWhen Ahmed Khalil ran out of work as a van driver in the Iraqi city of Mosul three years ago, he signed up with the Daesh group’s police force, believing the salary would help keep his struggling fami...
Iranians brace for harder times as US oil sanctions close inIranians, already hard hit by punishing US economic sanctions, are bracing for more pain after Washington abolished waivers for some countries which had allowed them to buy oil from Iran. “In the end...